The Philadelphia Inquirer has a report on the city’s Focused Deterrence initiative, now correlated with a 43 percent drop in South Philadelphia shootings this year, and with homicides reduced from 15 to 7
Philadelphia may be within reach of a “modern-day low” for homicides at the end of 2013, according to Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer, which reported that 115 victims confirmed so far this year represent “the lowest midyear total in nearly half a century.” On Saturday, the New York Times reported a significant drop for the first half of…
For the past few weeks, South African photojournalist Nidaa Husain has been spending time with some of Philadelphia’s leading gun violence reduction groups, meeting survivors and those bereaved, and working together to share their stories in photographs. Husain, 24, of Johannesburg, is visiting on a fellowship from Temple University’s School of Media and Communication, and…
Last weekend, Philadelphia CeaseFire organized “A Game of Peace” at the MLK Recreation Center — and more community events are scheduled this weekend. Join a peace march beginning at 9 a.m. tomorrow and stick around for the family fun day at the Myers Recreation Center at 5800 Chester Avenue. U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and…